Monday, July 07, 2008

Yes, I do have a 'ruby coloured' subject for this post but while I am getting to it I have changed this picture shown below from a black and white Osprey flying through a blue sky to one of warm, reddish, sepia tones; just to stay within the guidelines of Ruby Tuesday. Osprey are frequently seen over our river and if I cared to take the time to look for one they could easily become a daily sighting. Osprey are seasonal and usually return to our area sometime in early April. I am not sure when they leave but mentioning my sighting of one last fall on October 24 to a seasoned birder, he remarked that that was late for one still being around. I loved the colour and motion of this photo and it stayed in my mind. Later on in the fall I decided to try and capture this sense of mood and motion and colour on canvas, and below is the result, painted in acrylics. I thought this would be a very colourful 'Ruby Tuesday' entry as the reds are so very intense..To check out other Ruby Tuesday postings, just click here, or click on the ruby on the side bar. My appreciative thanks to Mary/the teach for hosting this site

A Personal Photo Challenge

Feedjit

Information and details about the regional winner of the Commonwealth writers book prize for Canada and Europe; Riel Nason's award winning debut novel, "The Town That Drowned" can be found here. Just click on the cover picture. Enjoy!

Ruby Tuesday 2

a meme about red

ABC Wednesday Round22

a new letter each week

Nature Center Magazine: check it out!

This very interesting nature blog has several great features. It features a nature blog of the week and introduces it to other nature bloggers. Also it features Nature News. To check it out you can go to:
http://www.nc-mag.com/

My ships at sea quilt

Skywatch Friday

BeautifulSkies from all over the world can be seen on Skywatch . Why not join in?

MY OTHER BLOGS

Thursday Challenge

theme 'wooden'

Followers

There are 63 covered bridges in the province of New Brunswick and I love finding them in those 'out of the way' places. I have photographed most all of them, with only about 4 or 5 yet to locate. I still have many photos yet to post on my New Brunswick Covered Bridges blog. If you would like to visit and see more pictures of Covered Bridges, just click on the picture above.